diff --git a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
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+++ b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+gcc -Wall test-hyphen.c -o test-hyphen -lhyphen
+
+echo "Test to hyphenate given word => woordafbreking"
+echo "woordafbreking" | ./test-hyphen /usr/share/hyphen/hyph_af_ZA.dic /dev/stdin
+
+echo ""
+echo ""
+
+echo "Test to give all possible ways to hyphenate the given word => woordafbreking"
+echo ""woordafbreking | ./test-hyphen -d /usr/share/hyphen/hyph_af_ZA.dic /dev/stdin
+
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test-hyphen.c b/tests/scripts/test-hyphen.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/scripts/test-hyphen.c
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+/* This test file is part of upstream hyphen project */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#include "hyphen.h"
+
+#define BUFSIZE 1000
+
+void help() {
+    fprintf(stderr,"correct syntax is:\n"); 
+    fprintf(stderr,"example [-d | -dd] hyphen_dictionary_file file_of_words_to_check\n");
+    fprintf(stderr,"-o = use old algorithm (without non-standard hyphenation)\n");
+    fprintf(stderr,"-d = hyphenation with listing of the possible hyphenations\n");
+    fprintf(stderr,"-n = print hyphenation vector\n");
+}
+
+/* get a pointer to the nth 8-bit or UTF-8 character of the word */
+char * hindex(char * word, int n, int utf8) {
+    int j = 0;
+    while (j < n) {
+        j++;
+        word++;
+        while (utf8 && ((((unsigned char) *word) >> 6) == 2)) word++;
+    }
+    return word;
+}
+
+/* list possible hyphenations with -dd option (example for the usage of the hyphenate2() function) */
+void single_hyphenations(char * word, char * hyphen, char ** rep, int * pos, int * cut, int utf8) {
+    int i, k, j = 0;
+    char r;
+    for (i = 0; (i + 1) < strlen(word); i++) {
+        if (utf8 && ((((unsigned char) word[i]) >> 6) == 2)) continue;
+        if ((hyphen[j] & 1)) {
+            if (rep && rep[j]) {
+              k = hindex(word, j - pos[j] + 1, utf8) - word;
+              r = word[k];
+              word[k] = 0;
+              printf(" - %s%s", word, rep[j]);
+              word[k] = r;
+              printf("%s\n", hindex(word + k, cut[j], utf8));
+            } else {
+              k = hindex(word, j + 1, utf8) - word;
+              r = word[k];
+              word[k] = 0;
+              printf(" - %s=", word);
+              word[k] = r;
+              printf("%s\n", word + k);
+            }
+        }
+        j++;
+    }
+}
+
+int 
+main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+
+    HyphenDict *dict;
+    int df;
+    int wtc;
+    FILE* wtclst;
+    int k, n, i, j, c;
+    char buf[BUFSIZE + 1];
+    int  nHyphCount;
+    char *hyphens;
+    char *lcword;
+    char *hyphword;
+    char hword[BUFSIZE * 2];
+    int arg = 1;
+    int optd = 1;
+    int optn = 0;
+    int optdd = 0;
+    char ** rep;
+    int * pos;
+    int * cut;
+
+  /* first parse the command line options */
+  /* arg1 - hyphen dictionary file, arg2 - file of words to check */
+
+  if (argv[arg]) {
+       if (strcmp(argv[arg], "-o") == 0) {
+            optd = 0;
+            arg++;
+       }
+       if (strcmp(argv[arg], "-n") == 0) {
+            optn = 1;
+            arg++;
+       }
+       if (argv[arg] && strcmp(argv[arg], "-d") == 0) {
+            optd = 1;
+            optdd = 1;
+            arg++;
+       }
+  }
+
+  if (argv[arg]) {
+       df = arg++;
+  } else {
+    help();
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (argv[arg]) {
+       wtc = arg++;
+  } else {
+    help();
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  /* load the hyphenation dictionary */  
+  if ((dict = hnj_hyphen_load(argv[df])) == NULL) {
+       fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't find file %s\n", argv[df]);
+       fflush(stderr);
+       exit(1);
+  }
+
+  /* open the words to check list */
+  wtclst = fopen(argv[wtc],"r");
+  if (!wtclst) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"Error - could not open file of words to check\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+    
+  /* now read each word from the wtc file */
+    while(fgets(buf,BUFSIZE,wtclst) != NULL) {
+       k = strlen(buf);
+       if (k && buf[k - 1] == '\n') buf[k - 1] = '\0';
+       if (k >=2 && buf[k - 2] == '\r') buf[k-- - 2] = '\0';
+
+       /* set aside some buffers to hold lower cased */
+       /* and hyphen information */
+       lcword = (char *) malloc(k+1);
+       hyphens = (char *)malloc(k+5);
+       /* basic ascii lower-case, not suitable for real-world usage*/
+       for (i = 0; i < k; ++i) {
+         lcword[i] = buf[i];
+         if ( (lcword[i] >= 'A') && (lcword[i] <= 'Z') )
+           lcword[i] += 32;
+       }
+
+       /* first remove any trailing periods */
+       n = k-1;
+       while((n >=0) && (lcword[n] == '.')) n--;
+       n++;
+
+       /* now actually try to hyphenate the word */
+       
+       rep = NULL;
+       pos = NULL;
+       cut = NULL;
+       hword[0] = '\0';
+
+       if ((!optd && hnj_hyphen_hyphenate(dict, lcword, n-1, hyphens)) ||
+	    (optd && hnj_hyphen_hyphenate2(dict, lcword, n-1, hyphens, hword, &rep, &pos, &cut))) {
+             free(hyphens);
+             free(lcword);
+             fprintf(stderr, "hyphenation error\n");
+             exit(1);
+       }
+
+       if (optn) fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", hyphens); 
+
+       if (!optd) {
+         /* now backfill hyphens[] for any removed periods */
+         for (c = n; c < k; c++) hyphens[c] = '0';
+         hyphens[k] = '\0';
+
+         /* now create a new char string showing hyphenation positions */
+         /* count the hyphens and allocate space for the new hypehanted string */
+         nHyphCount = 0;
+         for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+           if (hyphens[i]&1)
+             nHyphCount++;
+         hyphword = (char *) malloc(k+1+nHyphCount);
+         j = 0;
+         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+	   hyphword[j++] = buf[i];
+           if (hyphens[i]&1) {
+	      hyphword[j++] = '-';
+	   }
+         }
+         hyphword[j] = '\0';
+         fprintf(stdout,"%s\n",hyphword);
+         fflush(stdout);
+         free(hyphword);
+      } else {
+         fprintf(stdout,"%s\n", hword);
+
+
+         if (optdd) single_hyphenations(lcword, hyphens, rep, pos, cut, dict->utf8);
+         if (rep) {
+            for (i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
+                if (rep[i]) free(rep[i]);
+            }
+            free(rep);
+            free(pos);
+            free(cut);
+         }
+      }
+      free(hyphens);
+      free(lcword);
+    }
+
+    fclose(wtclst);
+    hnj_hyphen_free(dict);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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+++ b/tests/tests.yml
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+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+    - role: standard-test-basic
+      required_packages:
+      - hyphen-devel
+      - gcc
+      tags:
+        - classic
+      tests:
+        - sample:
+            dir: scripts/
+            run: ./run_tests.sh
+